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063 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 24, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #C 3(b 1 <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 6.23 Extra Requirements for Watershed Protection Over:.ay Districts <br /> Article 22 Definitions <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC IIEARING_X_Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMEENDMENT Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary 'Willis <br /> Proposed Amendments Extension 2583 <br /> Correspondence from Division of Water Quality <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: Zoning Ordinance amendments which were adopted by the Board of <br /> Commissioners on January 1, 1994 were soon thereafter submitted for review and <br /> approval by the Environmental Management Commission. <br /> The Division of Water Quality (DWQ),responsible for reviewing the ordinances <br /> for all NC counties and municipalities within water supply watersheds, returned <br /> its comments in the attached letter to the County Manager dated August 1, 1997. <br /> The following revisions are required in order to obtain full compliance with the <br /> State mandate: <br /> • Change the word"sludge" to "residual"; <br /> • Change references from "Division of Environmental Management"to <br /> "Division of Water Quality"; and <br /> • Clarify definitions for Major Variance, Minor Variance, and Discharging <br /> Landfill . <br />